Btk Antibody, anti-human, APC, REAfinity™

01MT10344

Clone REA367 recognizes the human bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) antigen, a non-receptor tyrosine kinase belonging to the Tec family of kinases. Btk is critical for B cell–development, –differentiation, and –signaling. Moreover, Btk expression is assumed to be a prerequisite for B cell–proliferation and –survival. Consequently, Btk-deficient B lymphocytes fail to reach the mature state and are presumably doomed to premature death. Btk is reported to be associated with human disease. Thus, individuals harboring loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding Btk virtually lack circulating B lymph